Attachment for looms



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' Nov. 18, 1930.

R. PO'RMANN ed Aug. 15, 1928 Patented Nov. IS, 193

UNITE STA ROBERT P RMANN,. OF UNIONCVITY, NEW. 'JE SEY ATTACHMENT FORLOOMS Application filed August 15, ;928. Serial No. 299362.

The 'main object of this invention is to provide an attachmentfor loomsfor the pur pose of supporting the Work on one side of the reedin afashion Which Wlll permit its ready feeding to the looms'.

The above and other objects Will become apparent in the descriptionbelow in Which' characters ofreference .ret'erto like-named parts inthedrawing. v

' Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 s a' perspective view ofthe loom attachmentshowing a section of the reed mounted in placethereon.

Figure 2 is an 15 Figure 1. l

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral indicates the right-handbracket of the attachment. The numeral 11 indicates a bracket of similarOutline and construction 2 whichis mounted on the left-hand side ol theattachment. These brackets are provided With ears in Whichelongatedslots 12 are formed. The slots receive bolts Which secure thesebrackets to the swards of a loom. Near the lower ends of these bracketsblocks 13 are secured. The blocks are mutually aligned With each otherand are provided Withoil cylinders lt. The stated blocks have Openingsthereininto Which the rednced ends 15 of a, work supporting spindle 16are rotatably mounted. The Work supporting spindle 16 extends across theentire Width ol? the lay and is circular in cross section and is adaptedto roll With the Work. As the spindle is relatively long' it requires asupport, at positions intermediate its length. the spndle isencased in achanneled beam 17. Thechanncl in this bean'i is senli-circnlar inOutline and of a larger dimension than the diameter of the spindle.Grooves, at

end elevational view, of

'the channel. These grooves receive layers of 'felt 18. The beam issupported on a' platform 19 which is attached to the lower ends he lowerhalf of spaced-apart positions in the'beam, open into' block 23. Thereed consists of an upper and. lower' ridge '24: and 25 respectively,between Which thin, mutually spaced-apart, parallel strips 26 areprovided. The spaeesbetween these strips receive the Warp threads of theWork as theypass over the spindle 16.

The device is supported On the lay of a loom and is adapt-ed to support,in turn, the Work. Previously the Work, as it passed Over the lay, Wouldnot have a rolling surface for a support but had a rgid stationary'surface and' this, sometimes, Would tray or fracture 'the threads ofthe Work. It is the purposeof this invention to provide a rolling'support forvth'e Work in the form of a rotata- 'ble spindle mounteddirectly on the lay be hind the reed 22 of the loom so that the Warp 22is erected and secured in place byapack Strings as they pass through theSpaces be- 'tween the strips 26 of the reed Will rest upon the rotatablespindle 16 and, in being fed along to the support spindle, Will rotatethe spndle.- y

It is to be' noted that certain changes in form and construction may bemade Without departing ;from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

In a loom, a pair of spaced apart brackets adap'ted to be supportedonthe lay of the loom, blocks mounted rigidly on said brackets, a s'pndle'rotatably mounted in said blocks forsupporting the Warp Strings being'fed to the loom, a platformconnecting said brackets and being attachedto the latter, a reed supported on said platform, a beam mounted on'said platform, said beam having grooves travcrsing said channel, and afelt laver oro'ectin r from said rooves servina'.. l L.

as a support for said spindle, said beam having a longitudinal Channeltherein receiving one-half the periphery of said spindle, saidspindleresting upon said felt layer, said 'felt projecting above theChannel surface.

In testimony Whereof I 'aflix my signature.

ROBERT PORMANN.

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